Boswell's Life of Johnson: Tour to the Hebrides (1773) and Journey into North Wales (1774)Clarendon Press, 1887 |
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... church of England and monarchical principles , which he would not tamely suffer to be questioned ; steady and inflexible in maintaining the obligations of piety and virtue , both from a regard to the order of society , and from a ...
... church of England and monarchical principles , which he would not tamely suffer to be questioned ; steady and inflexible in maintaining the obligations of piety and virtue , both from a regard to the order of society , and from a ...
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... Church of England . The Reverend Mr. Carre , the senior clergyman , preached from these words , ' Because the Lord reigneth , let the earth be glad . ' I was sorry to think See ante , ii . 47 . 2 See ante , iv . 5 , note 2 . 3 See ante ...
... Church of England . The Reverend Mr. Carre , the senior clergyman , preached from these words , ' Because the Lord reigneth , let the earth be glad . ' I was sorry to think See ante , ii . 47 . 2 See ante , iv . 5 , note 2 . 3 See ante ...
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... the influence of seasons on composition . Boswell , post , Nov. 1 , writes of ' old Scottish enthusiasm , ' again italicising these two words . 5 See ante , iii . 410 . See ante , i . 354 . August 16. ] The church of St. Giles . 41 it . '
... the influence of seasons on composition . Boswell , post , Nov. 1 , writes of ' old Scottish enthusiasm , ' again italicising these two words . 5 See ante , iii . 410 . See ante , i . 354 . August 16. ] The church of St. Giles . 41 it . '
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... church ! ' We entered that division which was formerly called the New Church , and of late the High Church , so well known by the eloquence of Dr. Hugh Blair . It is now very elegantly fitted up ; but it was then shamefully dirty3 . Dr ...
... church ! ' We entered that division which was formerly called the New Church , and of late the High Church , so well known by the eloquence of Dr. Hugh Blair . It is now very elegantly fitted up ; but it was then shamefully dirty3 . Dr ...
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... churches ! ' We then conducted him down the Post - house stairs , Parlia- ment - close , and made him look up from the Cow - gate to the highest building in Edinburgh , ( from which he had just de- scended , ) being thirteen floors or ...
... churches ! ' We then conducted him down the Post - house stairs , Parlia- ment - close , and made him look up from the Cow - gate to the highest building in Edinburgh , ( from which he had just de- scended , ) being thirteen floors or ...
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Aberdeen ancient ante asked Auchinleck August August 15 August 21 authour believe boat Boswell Boswell's breakfast called castle church conversation Croker dinner Duke Dunvegan DUPPA Earl Edinburgh England English entertained Erse father Flora Macdonald Garrick gentleman heard Hebrides Highland honour Horace Horace Walpole Hume Inchkenneth island isle JAMES BOSWELL John Journey King Kingsburgh Lady Laird land learning lived London looked Lord Lord Monboddo M'Lean M'Leod M'Queen Macdonald Macleod Malcolm mentioned miles mind Monboddo morning Mull never night observed October October 14 October 23 opinion passage Piozzi Letters pleased Prince publick Rasay rock Samuel Johnson says Scotland September September 13 servant shew Sir Allan stone suppose Talisker talked tell thing thought Thrale told took Tour walked WALTER SCOTT wish writing young
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Página 342 - The raven himself is hoarse That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan Under my battlements. Come, you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full Of direst cruelty ! make thick my blood ; Stop up...
Página 339 - Stern o'er each bosom reason holds her state With daring aims irregularly great ; Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of human kind pass by...
Página 305 - Its merits had not escaped the notice of Dr. Johnson, though in politics opposed to much it inculcates, for in reply to an observation of Boswell in praise of the French Ana, he said, ' A few of them are good, but we have one book of that kind better than any of them — Selden's Table Talk.
Página 12 - He was prone to superstition but not to credulity. Though his imagination might incline him to a belief of the marvellous and the mysterious, his vigorous reason examined the evidence with jealousy. He had a loud voice and a slow deliberate utterance which no doubt gave some additional weight to the sterling metal of his conversation.
Página 339 - ... daring aims irregularly great; Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of human kind pass by; Intent on high designs, a thoughtful band, B,y forms...
Página 109 - Live you ? or are you aught That man may question ? You seem to understand me, By each at once her choppy finger laying Upon her skinny lips. — You should be women, And yet your beards forbid me to interpret That you are so.
Página 11 - He was a sincere and zealous Christian, of high Church of England and monarchical principles, which he would not tamely suffer to be questioned ; and had, perhaps, at an early period, narrowed his mind somewhat too much, both as to religion and politics.
Página 204 - I have, all my life long, been lying till noon; yet I tell all young men, and tell them with great sincerity, that nobody who does not rise early will ever do any good.
Página 305 - Vestibulum ante ipsum primisque in faucibus Orci Luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia Curae...
Página 43 - The teeming mother anxious for her race, Begs for each birth the fortune of a face: Yet Vane could tell what ills from beauty spring; And Sedley curs'd the form that pleas'da king.